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Cannabis Laws in Washington, D.C.

A guide to D.C.'s unusual legal landscape, where possession and gifting are legal but sales remain banned unde...

11 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Wisconsin

Wisconsin remains one of the most restrictive U.S. states on cannabis, with no medical program and criminal pe...

14 sources 4 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Wyoming

Wyoming remains one of the strictest cannabis states in the U.S., with no legal recreational or broad medical...

12 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in the Netherlands

The Dutch tolerate cannabis sales in coffeeshops but never legalized them — a decades-old compromise now being...

9 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Laws in the United Kingdom

Cannabis is a Class B controlled drug in the UK, with limited medical access and no legal recreational market...

12 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Australia

How Australian states, territories and local councils retain or restrict authority over cannabis policy under...

10 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Colorado

How Colorado municipalities and counties can ban, limit, or license cannabis businesses under state law.

9 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Florida

How Florida cities and counties can limit medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders, and why most ju...

6 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Hawaii

How Hawaii's counties can and cannot restrict cannabis businesses under state law, current as of 2024.

6 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Illinois

How Illinois municipalities and counties can restrict, tax, or ban adult-use cannabis businesses under the sta...

5 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Massachusetts

How Massachusetts cities and towns can ban or limit cannabis businesses under state law, and what changed afte...

9 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in New Mexico

How New Mexico's Cannabis Regulation Act limits local government control over retail cannabis businesses and w...

7 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in New York

How New York cities, towns, and villages were allowed to block retail dispensaries and on-site consumption sit...

6 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Rhode Island

How Rhode Island cities and towns could refuse recreational cannabis retailers under the 2022 Cannabis Act, an...

7 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Local Opt-Out Provisions in Washington

How Washington cities and counties can ban or restrict state-licensed cannabis businesses within their borders...

7 sources 2 weeks ago

Cannabis Medical Program Qualifying Conditions in Jamaica

How Jamaica's Cannabis Licensing Authority framework handles medical cannabis access, who qualifies, and what...

6 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Medical Program Qualifying Conditions in South Africa

South Africa has no government-issued patient list — access runs through SAHPRA Section 21 authorisations deci...

9 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Packaging Requirements in Delaware

An overview of Delaware's adult-use and medical cannabis packaging rules, including child-resistance, labeling...

8 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Packaging Requirements in Malta

What Malta's cannabis harm reduction law and ARUC rules require for packaging of cannabis distributed through...

7 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Packaging Requirements in Rhode Island

A plain-English guide to Rhode Island's child-resistant, labeling, and marketing rules for licensed cannabis p...

6 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Packaging Requirements in Spain

Spain has no legal recreational cannabis market, so 'packaging rules' apply only to hemp, CBD cosmetics, and l...

11 sources 3 weeks ago

Cannabis Pardons (State and Federal)

How executive pardons for marijuana offenses work in the United States, what they actually do, and what they d...

10 sources 4 months ago

Cannabis Personal Cultivation Limits in Alaska

Alaska allows adults 21+ to grow up to six plants at home, but only three flowering — with a household cap and...

7 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Personal Cultivation Limits in New Jersey

New Jersey prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis, even for adults and registered medical patients, as of...

7 sources 3 months ago